Friday to the Messina Terminal of the port of Genoa will for the first time land a portacontainer of the MSC

the port of call will happen in the within of the new service MAF1 that directly connects the western Mediterranean with the

West Africa

next Friday to the terminal of the port of Genoa managed from the shipowning society genoese Ignazio Messina &amp; C. will for the first time land a portacontainer of the Helvetian Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), shipowning group that at the beginning of this year has acquired 49% of the share capital of the genoese company.

the first ship of the MSC to touch the Messina Terminal will be the Songa Alya, a full hand container from 3.100 teu that it is employed by the company in the within of service MAF1 through a vessel sharing agreement with the same Ignazio Messina &amp; C. and with Chinese COSCO.

the Messina has evidenced that with new service MAF1 the traffic enlivened in the genoese terminal will mark an ulterior increment after in the first seven months of 2017 is recorded an increase of +20% for the container, a rise of +12% of the goods varied and a decrease of the rotabili (new and used) to continuation - has explained the genoese company - of the general decrease of the trade of the rotabili on the markets served from the companies that scale the terminal, species Libya and Middle East.

new service MAF1 is inaugurated 28th August with the departure of portacontainer the Calais Stock trader operated from Chinese company COSCO. On the route, that it connects directly, that is without transfers, the western Mediterranean with the West Africa, is employed six ships of ability comprised between 2.500 and 3.100 teu and is offered to departures weeklies magazine from the ports of Vado Ligure, Genoa, Castellon, Valencia and Algeciras with destination Dakar, Lome, Apapa, Tincan, Topic, Takoradi and Abidjan.